Cleveleys in the Dark

[@andrewhunt3053]

I think the lovely floral displays are done by volunteers, and Jane from Visit Fylde Coast and many other volunteers are responsible for them. They are very impressive.

[@markainscough243]

Kays chippy in cleaverlys the best 👌

[@craigdavies3341]

My mum and dad lived in cleveleys up on anchorsholme until they passed away in 2019…..was up there 6 times a year with the kids…..lovely place

[@ellie-maydavenport3118]

My mum and dad lived in Cleveleys on Victoria Road in Cleveleys in blackpool

[@MrSargemneil]

I love a stroll around the Lovely town of Cleveleys when i do the Fleetwood coastal walk to Blackpool whenever i come up there from the Midlands .My Happy place.

[@bettywhittaker6083]

Thanks Steve enjoyed the walk around Cleveleys.

[@dianeroscoe1220]

Really enjoyed the video Stephen, lots of floral displays and shops, clean tidy inviting. Was looking rather blustery ! I too love a mooch in charity shops, can get some real finds in them if look closely and not rush. Think the Balfour Beatty maybe to do with sea defence, or the likes. Groovy crouched costs on bollards, love them. We had someone doing superb ones on our letter boxes and she also attached at random hanging on bushes along our area a little plastic bag with a free crouched flower in, or other designs, about hope we like them and smile or the likes as in have nice day, cannot fully remember at all the wording written on the little card also inside. What a thoughtful kind gesture. When in Keswick last year I spotted one on a letter box ! Seems a lot shops and car parks in Cleveleys As for. Shops shut down, if any not as many as other areas maybe in UK. Not offay with Cleveleys. Thanks gain for such a brilliant informative. Scenic. Video Stephen. Takecare Stephen. Xx.

[@paulharwood5362]

Great as always...you mean God's waiting room Stephen !!

[@KarenFindley-ov7zs]

I love blackpool and Cleveleys and Fleetwood areas. My nan was born on Talbot Road in blackpool above a rock shop no longer there now

[@loopy11000]

Thank you Stephen,really enjoyed your night time walk.Have not a walk around Cleveleys for many years,born in Blackpool & lived in Cleveleys til I was five.Nice to see the place looking well and may you continue with your walk arounds.Totally appreciate you & your videos,keep up the good work.

[@markstramtrainbuscapades1729]

And as a life long bus enthusiast, I actually was waiting for you to reach the bus station! I love it's very quaint waiting shelter, with the "Bus Station" sign on the roof. Best of all though, is Kays Chippy next door!

[@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool]

Well looked after too. Nice planters, I noticed 🪴

[@carolsmith6012]

I always loved Cleveleys, it was a lovely place to visit, when we were staying a Newton Hall, with Mum &Dad, great memories

[@sandradowling4605]

Cleveleys is such a lovely, pretty town. The bollard cozys are fab x

[@shirleysmith1713]

Hi Stephen, always like to visit cleveleys when we on holiday in Blackpool. Lovely place- shops & cafes 👍🏻. Also love the idea of bollard cozy’s 👍🏻. Thanks for showing 👍🏻😎☀️

[@Shaunsfavourites]

Oh Stephen you hero! Yes Cleveleys is beautiful. In a couple of months the snowy foam may appear there on the prom. You mentioned nice apartments, there is even a bungalow with a Bentley. Some of the seafront bungalows have had alot of money spent on them. Nice touch mentioning your friend Steve's cafes!! So next you just have to go inland and do Thornton....please! Windmill, Railway where the old station was, go past Stannah to the Riverside and the Archimedes screw. You're moving in the right direction!. But very nice coverage of Cleveleys, the B and M was in the main St originally. The cafe has had money spent on it I notice, they have comfy chairs in there now. It was taken over about 4 years ago and the owners obviously want to modernise it. There used to be tennis courts where the contractors are and the car park by the Venue. Anchorsholme would be a good place to film as well. The time of day you chose helped as the place was quiet. It's a lovely place and you showed it off well. Thank you.

[@bredaquirke7362]

Major sea defence work have been carried out at Rossall beach near the Venue all year. Where big holes were dug by the sea wall and hugh rocks were buried to stabilise the beach. More hugh rocks are being used to build new groins. The rocks were being stored behind the hoardings near the Venue. They had to make the slipway down to Rossall beach bigger to accommodate the diggers and lorries. They also put in nice gates to block access to the public while the work was being carried out. I think they have finished burying the rocks but the groins work must still be carried out. I have learned this from Visit Fylde Coast. Xxx

[@livanaglass5967]

I used to live opposite Cleveleys working men’s club growing up…mum is still there!

[@allisonandfamily]

A fab film thanks Stephen as ever My nana and grandad lived in Cleveleys 1973 til 1988 we spent most weekends and school holidays there, fab memories I remember when the sea came up to near their road Meadowcroft Avenue The Blackpool B&M was the first one, then the Cleveleys one was second, the original one was opp the bus station in the car park on the left also opp what was the Police Station I love Cleveleys and Blackpool💙sadly live in Worcestershire now isn’t the same down south 👎🏻

[@philipwalker7538]

Cleveleys was definitely the first B&M store, it’s birthplace. I wonder if you are thinking about price buster they took over the former woolworths, in Blackpool on the prom

[@allisonandfamily]

@@philipwalker7538 no I was thinking re 1970’s

[@paulsanderson8804]

Really enjoyed this one Stephen very good and a nice clean bright place excellent...

[@wendyjones2351]

Hi Stephen thank you for another great video as always love cleveleys such a lovely town love everything about it have a great evening xx

[@markabbott4786]

Another cracking film Stephen

[@johnmullin1188]

😊best video you have ever done my friend you have put the wyre on the map better council than Blackpool lol your have shown me my old watering holes lol ps you missed the legion club across from the busstation thanks for the regal hotel shot my fav hotel around clevleys cheers buddy all the best John 😊

[@roytabberer7427]

Another lovely vlog around Cleveleys in the dark & quiet. May I make a suggestion, when you look at car park prices, would you also include how much or the restrictions for Blue Badge holders please. Loved the bollard toppers and how clean the town looked, although not many trees spotted.

[@lindanagle5081]

I watched the care for Cleveleys team working hard on those plant pots when I was down last week.

[@craigdavies3341]

The top club is brill in there….entertainment nearly every night and some stars appear now and again……Kirk from Corrie singing,Dave Berry and Johnnie Casson are the ones I saw there over the years……also do cash bingo 😊

[@lindadavies7292]

The Cleveleys bus station really is in need of a revamp. It’s very grotty. I had occasion to use the loo on the site last year. The worst I’ve ever been in.

[@jacquiquinn997]

Lovley little place

[@theagunton3811]

Do love the little woolly things x

[@MalcolmKerr1963]

Hi Stephen we visit cleveleys every year on our Blackpool weekend in September filling in my football coupon in the Regal hotel pup for the Saturday games totally different to blackpool but love them both another interesting great upload Stephen keep up the great work Malcolm & Elaine North Ayrshire Scotland 👍🍻

[@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool]

Thanks Malcom and Elaine.

[@janetgilesrudland1028]

Enjoyed your visit to clevellys Stephen will definitely have a look next time I'm in Blackpool it looks a nice place I loved the decorations on the Bollards ❤

[@susanbroderick4197]

We was there two weeks ago we was on holiday in Blackpool,and got the tram to Cleveleys what a beautiful place we went twice the shops and beach was amazing the 3 grandchildren loved it xx

[@hazelmanship7516]

Great blog, loved the knitted cosys, some talented people doing all these sorts of things, thanks see you soon bye for now.😊

[@TheROLLER1953]

Great atmospheric video that you have made here,Stephen, extremely well thought out , atb,steve

[@simonmacdonald7645]

Hello again Stephen You doing so many videos its none stop We always look forward to seeing your videos Stephen With many more to come Thanks Stephen

[@DRMEEKS]

What a beautiful place?. I had no idea how lovely Cleveleys is, I must visit here next time I'm over?. Thanks Stephen for another brilliant informative film.

[@theabandonedhunter3604]

Top video Sir, enjoyed it …. Smithy

[@alanagnew7090]

Another great video Stephen 🎉😊

[@Ducky_vr11]

Another great video Stephen. Blackpool and all the places have been great to me and my 3 kids best holidays of our life’s spent in Blackpool I will always be greatfull to Blackpool

[@nodrogwarob]

Walked up the promenade from Norbreck to Cleveleys yesterday afternoon. Lovely weather if a bit blowy. They have done a really good job down there and Cleveleys was really busy during the afternoon.

[@britishbusesandtrams...]

Lovely town; friendly pubs and clubs; great shopping and dining. We visit every time we come to the area.😃👍👍

[@Photofinish43]

B and m original store was near the legion behind you at the end of this vid. I remember shopping in there back in the day.

[@davidsmall3077]

Hello Stephen I really do enjoy all your videos A Walk on the Wild Side as Blackpool and Cleveleys is my second hame as I have been going for over 60 years. Now this latest one on Cleveleys you mentioned that this was where the 1st B and M was born, Well I remember that very well . The car park that you ended the video on if you had gone further down opposite the Bus Station and behind the British Legion Club there was a block of Garages at the bottom end. BandM had one garage then they expanded into the next garage with a door through at the bottom of the garage. This was the case many times till they had taken over all of the garages. We used to stand outside with our wire baskett waiting till we were told we could go in as they could only allow so many in at a time for fire risk. you went from one garage to the next buying your items till you came throgh to the last garage where there was a till where you paid for your purchases. Most of the goods that they sold in those days were mainly items which were all made for shipment abroad. and were in a foreign language. I used to buy tons of stuff to take back home and I can tell you I still have some bars of soap and some Pears shampoo which I bought in those garages in the 1960s.. Hope you do not mind me going on but I thought you might like this information for future videos. Kind Regards David (Newcastle upon Tyne )

[@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool]

That’s great info David. I’ll see if I can hunt out the actual site of the first B&M in a future video

[@davidsmall3077]

@@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool that's great Stephen. I watch your videos every day and next time I am down will look you up. Take care David

[@endorfun22]

I had family living in Thornton in Cleveleys, visited last year. Tuesday next week, myself and two friends being there for the Ride The Lights, for a charity, our bikes lit up, outfits and music too! :-)

[@theagunton3811]

Brilliant as usual. I was in Cleveleys last night visiting a friend. Its a ghost town. Weird. Got a tram back to blackpool xx 9.

[@Mrs_Em]

I just love the look of Cleveleys so making a mental note to finally visit it when we come down in October, especially the "Star Wars" cafe. Have only ever driven through before😊. Thanks Stephen👍

[@mildredschulz]

Hi Stephen. Thank you very much for sharing another great video. I can hear you loud and clear. There is a W.H.Smith here at the airport BER by Berlin. Your videos are always interesting see you in your next one ❤️❤️👍❤️❤️🥰

[@juliewright-v3v]

thanks Stephen for another great video

[@garylivesey7571]

Thanks for the video Steve very informative as always😍👍

[@widgeydog]

I love cleevleys everytine we stay in fleetwood at partingtons at broadwater we use the tram to cleevleys as the shopping is good and so is disabilty acessiblilty in their shops if i could afford move to cleevleys or even fleetwood as i would as i'd be on the tram every other day to shop in cleevelys. I think another time you should another visit and collab with visit fylde coast. Keep up the good work steven

[@anthonyfeeney1210]

Go. To. Beer 🍺

[@dianemckill5708]

Another great video, and we can hear you loud and clear. Why wasn't Blackpool promenade built in the same way with the lovely seating areas. Fantastic sky too.

[@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool]

Blackpool sea wall started around the millennium, with the hexagonal blocks up to South Pier. The rest continued after that.

[@philipwalker7538]

The original B&M in cleveleys was opposite the bus station, what is now a big car park. Very near where you ended this video. This was where the B&M story started. There first store. Cleveleys has always been like this, a bustling place in the mornings with shoppers, and generally very quiet in a evening.

[@TheBorzoilover]

B&M bargains was over the road from the bus station up a little alley or side street a small warehouse.

[@paulmcdonough1190]

Very quiet, right up my alley 😂

[@charliesmithurst1500]

Never seen round Cleveleys, so thanks for thank, certainly putting blackpool to shame

[@markstramtrainbuscapades1729]

My wife loves the shops in Cleveleys!

[@juliebilson6897]

Great video

[@juliepownall1063]

Hi stephen l like Cleveleys looks quite safe at night too nice and quiet

[@kevinparkes9068]

Hi Stephen lovely night time beach shots 😍 BB are digging deep trenches and filling them with huge boulders before re-filling them with sand to protect the sea wall as it was being under mined which would eventually lead to collapse and flooding at high tide.

[@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool]

Thanks for the info.

[@doug1570]

The groynes. If that is what BB are building, are put into place to try to arrest longshore drift. Longshore drift is probably why the sand at Blackpool is going missing.

[@GerardONeill-mx1th]

A lonesome wander tonight Stephen !?! The ethereal. "Star Wars" cafe is on the to do list. Great Stuff ! 👍😎

[@colinpollitt5135]

Hi there. I here there used to be a fairground called the pleasure beach in cleveleys . They even had a roller coaster .

[@markstramtrainbuscapades1729]

Went to that hotel you started at, (the venue, did you say it was called?) back in 1987, with a mate who was after Moorhouses Pendle Witches Brew, which it then sold. Must admit, it's a pint that I took too! I also remember playing Fleetwood Mac's "Sweet Little Lies" on the juke box!

[@brewsterkits]

What a nice place, thanks for that walk around😅

[@audreymcleod4076]

Cleveley looks lovely, and so clean. Why is it so quiet, where is everyone?

[@edwardharrington678]

Looks very nice. Never been there so have to give it a try some day. Many thanks.

[@DisneyMarkUK]

The lighting along there as very smart.

[@kkrispy2009P]

Hey up fella u OK

[@DisneyMarkUK]

@@kkrispy2009PAlreeeeet KK

[@markstramtrainbuscapades1729]

Cleveleys was very remote until the arrival of the Blackpool & Fleetwood Tramroad in 1898, the town growing subsequently.

[@fionacrockatt5614]

Hi, Stephen Cleveleys is a nice place I always go there when I come to blackpool

[@ScottMcculloch-ot7gw]

Heron foods and pound bakery next to each other is off the scale. How on earth both of those company's haven't expanded into scotland baffles me they would make a killing up here.

[@RabbieGrouse]

Thanks Stephen for another excellent video. We have been going to Hambleton a couple of times a year for the last six year and always go to Cleveleys shopping, but unfortunately we never get to eat there as we are restricted to two hours in the disabled parking bays which doesn't allow time to shop and eat, which is a pity as year by year Cleveleys has more and more shops and food places shutting. If only they did as Blackpool does and allow disabled drivers to park for three hours free and then allow them to pay for any additional stay in their car parks, which would help the shops and eating places stay open as well as helping the disabled holiday maker's.

[@juliejackson8167]

I love gping to clevelys ❤

[@mikebryan7060]

Great video again Stephen. The Cleveleys Kitchen is a place we have used on and off since the late 80s and never had a bad meal. It is a real gem of a place. Please do a shorts review.

[@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool]

Thanks Mike. Forgot to mention my pictures are on the walls.

[@austenwest1011]

I like the nylon wedges in-between the sea defence,,,I bet some one designed it from a circus 😂,Bloody he'll steven i live in Cleveleys but I'm not sitting in gods waiting room i go out in Cleveleys to enjoy my self you need to video Cleveleys before 12am and at a weekend buddy and not on early hrs Sunday morning

[@ChrisScott464]

Superb video Stephen. Never been to Cleveleys before but now i feel i have & doesnt look a bad old place with a Working Mens Club still going strong which is lovely to see. Brave to do a place your not from in the dark so hats off to you as i love to see these places slightly off the beaten track

[@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool]

Thanks Chris.

[@alanagnew7090]

My wife and I are coming down from Kilmarnock scotland on the 11 th September and always go to cleveleys . We are staying at the Ruskin in Albert road.

[@andywright3450]

Hi Stephen love cleverlys great walk round mate cheers any chance walk up Lytham st Anns at night please thanks

[@nigelstringerNVS]

We will be calling their on Saturday 2nd be in Blackpool for 3 days Stephen. Great video 😊

[@roygardiner2229]

The promenade appears to be very attractively constructed. I was also struck by the cleanliness and absence of litter. I wonder if that is attributable to the older demographic of Cleveleys vis-à-vis Blackpool. Based upon your video I really like Cleveleys and prefer it to Blackpool. The streets are cleaner, the planters in the streets are beautifully maintained, the paving is very elegant and the pubs look to be much classier. Cleveleys has got my interest!

[@nigelspeller1850]

Love the diversity not just all Blackpool , thank you

[@johnallen3423]

That was surreal in 4k.

[@lindanagle5081]

Speak to Jane at Visit Fylde Coast as she is the fountain of knowledge on all things Cleveleys.

[@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool]

I know a lot about Blackpool because I grew up there. I didn’t come here from another county. I’m interested in history, and I do it my own, observant & stand off-ish way.

[@RAFchurchlawford4469]

Did anyone see Jane in that gym? Stephen could've been her best mate for the nice things he said about Cleveleys. But he ruined it by saying it's where old people end up! 🤣 15:20

[@nbvhoho2738]

@@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool so true the original and the best

[@nbvhoho2738]

@@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool brew at 2 Leroy friday wogga Hop off to hi de hi Prob scares colin and lyca and the.myers family

[@robertboughton11]

That's nice.

[@junelaw4162]

Brilliant video so different to Blackpool till the next one 😊

[@kkrispy2009P]

Hidehi

[@junelaw4162]

@@kkrispy2009P hi de hi 😊

[@dieselfan7406]

I trust you put he light out and shut the gate when you left?!

[@markstramtrainbuscapades1729]

Cafe Renoir is owned by the same people who own the Cleveleys Kitchen just as they also own the Cafe Royale opposite the Bispham Kitchen!

[@Shaunsfavourites]

If that is true, it's Steve Hoddy then. Used to teach french at Baines Grammar in Poulton. Stephen knows him as he's got photos in one of his Red Bank Rd cafes.

[@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool]

Yeah I know Steve Hoddy. He's a big fan of my photography.

[@gonzomason1490]

The small closed down building to the side of the gym was a Pizza Hut

[@keithcoxall1457]

Please go in abandon hotel's to see what it used to look like spooky

[@ChristineLarbey]

Went to cleveleys recently..everything closed at 5pm...no wonder people go abroad for their holidays...

[@centureye]

It is really nice cafe went in there last year round December

[@samspot]

That working mens club is very good 👍

[@kerrismith9493]

Looks a lovely night Stephen for one of yr video walks 😊 I've watched yr video's for a few years now as I love blackpool,and even though I'm 125miles away it's great that you give such a fabulous insight,reviews and tours around the area and keep everyone updated on upcoming events it's really appreciated thankyou ❤

[@AWalkontheWildSideBlackpool]

🙏

[@simonmacdonald7645]

Hello Stephen Sorry i forgot to ask Are you doing the ride the lights again this year

[@waynecheshire7878]

Looks lovely just shame about the empty properties 😎

[@malcolmcharlton6954]

Are the roads any better than they were Pot holes like mine fields cost me a coil spring last time I was there haven't been back in 3 yrs

[@danielmorris9159]

Bit quiet there at night Stephen Cleveleys Is a nice place

[@Slimezzzzzz]

7:58 Was a Pizza Hut

[@mikestraveldiary]

Cleverys seems nicer than Blackpool 😮

[@judithwalsh8460]

Its so clean and well looked after. Like you said we are without a bus station which is a disgrace. You have to go to different areas for your bus in blackpool. I enjoy all your videos you tell and show like it is. Thankyou Stephen.x

[@jasongray4517]

Not exactly overflowing with life. Where is everyone? The height of summer, children off school, and it looks like a ghost town. The surfeit of charity shops and mobility scooters suggest the place is dying. A shame because the promenade is lovely and it always feels very safe.

[@MrRawMonkey]

That empty unit next to Veu used to be a Pizza Hut

[@purplesunflower8242]

Regal Hotel possibly a Cinema back in the day.

[@Shaunsfavourites]

Wasn't the Regal cinema in Fleetwood?

[@jamesmason7262]

No as far as I know it's always been a hotel. However I remember there being 3 cinemas in Cleveleys.

[@elizabethdonnelly6451]

Hi Stephen